DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 01/30 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 12.2 - - 17.7 - - 7.3 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - 23 - - -44 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1140 - - 1259 - - 44 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 917 - - 917 - - 917 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2029 - - 2148 - - 933 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 826 - - 5430 - - 1141 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 162 - - 125 - - 0 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 13 - - 14 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 356 - - 062 - - 003 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 6 - - 7 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - 14 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -648 - - 500 - - -1116 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2677 - - 1648 - - 2049 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -2781 - - 243 - - -4001 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 4810 - - 1905 - - 4934 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 90 - - 97 - - 80 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 12.2 - - 17.7 - - 7.3 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 4.2 - - 14.4 - - 2.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 12.0 - - 17.7 - - 10.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 3.3 - - 14.0 - - 2.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 55 - - 23 - - -44 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1140 - - 1259 - - 44 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 58 - - 89 - - 22 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 94837 97 239 97 235 114 241 94837 87665 88 248 86 252 94 252 87665 82169 74 259 79 261 90 263 82169 77611 75 269 77 273 83 270 77611 73673 69 268 71 279 78 276 73673 70181 65 272 72 280 77 279 70181 67015 64 270 71 277 69 278 67015 64085 59 276 67 277 65 277 64085 61341 62 286 64 280 63 283 61341 58663 69 288 64 283 63 288 58663 55859 70 285 65 285 61 292 55859 52939 67 284 65 286 59 292 52939 50136 66 286 62 285 52 292 50136 47605 61 285 55 287 46 295 47605 45333 53 285 50 288 46 293 45333 43264 48 287 46 288 42 290 43264 41367 44 288 41 286 35 296 41367 39618 43 290 35 288 34 301 39618 37997 41 291 33 296 33 306 37997 36489 40 291 36 299 33 309 36489 35080 42 292 36 297 30 309 35080 33728 46 288 33 293 27 313 33728 32367 47 283 29 292 21 327 32367 30973 45 280 24 294 20 344 30973 29547 47 278 23 296 18 358 29547 28077 52 273 24 298 19 015 28077 26556 56 269 25 299 21 027 26556 24983 53 270 22 299 25 036 24983 23355 48 276 18 302 30 045 23355 21671 44 279 14 308 36 052 21671 19932 39 280 9 326 39 056 19932 18129 32 279 9 351 37 055 18129 16252 25 281 10 007 32 053 16252 14338 20 285 12 021 29 050 14338 12493 14 290 14 025 27 044 12493 10814 11 320 14 023 27 037 10814 9327 11 010 10 021 24 023 9327 8016 9 049 8 077 24 015 8016 6857 11 065 11 086 15 358 6857 5829 13 078 15 080 12 011 5829 4919 14 074 17 075 14 031 4919 4117 15 058 18 071 15 034 4117 3411 18 041 18 069 17 025 3411 2780 21 019 18 067 23 017 2780 2225 20*007 18*065 27 011 2225 1762 15*358 17*064 26 008 1762 1408 14 357 15 062 23 006 1408 1165 13 355 14 062 18 005 1165 1018 12 355 12 061 14 004 1018 933 9 354 9 060 8*003 933 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography